Damien Duff has returned to Ireland after a spell in Australia with Melbourne City.

Former Chelsea winger Damien Duff has completed the final move of his career after he returned to his Irish homeland to sign for League of Ireland side Shamrock Rovers.

Duff was a key player in the dynamic Chelsea side who won two Premier League titles during Jose Mourinho's first spell as the club's manager, and he went on to play for Newcastle and Fulham before having a spell in Australian soccer with Melbourne City.

The 36-year-old Dubliner has long expressed a desire to play out the final days...

ESPN FC's Tommy Smyth and Alexis Nunes discuss whether or not a return to Leicester would be the right move for Martin O'Neill and the Foxes.

Leicester City are considering making an approach to recruit Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.

Football Association of Ireland chiefs are now braced for advances from Leicester to assess the availability of their 63-year-old tactician after betting was suspended on O'Neill making a return to the club he managed between 1995 and 2000 on Friday morning.

The Leicester Mercury -- a newspaper with good connections at the club -- are reporting that O'Neill...

Irish football chiefs are taking legal advice over an Argentine newspaper column claiming that Republic of Ireland players were paid $10,000 each to avoid tackling Argentina star Lionel Messi during a 2010 friendly.

The Football Association of Ireland has described the allegation, made in a column in Argentine daily La Nacion, as "baseless" and has vowed to take the matter further.

Lionel Messi was part of the Argentina side that beat Ireland 1-0 in a 2010 friendly at the Aviva Stadium.

Argentina travelled to Dublin in August 2010 to play Ireland in a friendly to officially open the new Aviva Stadium...

Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane arrived at court on Friday ahead of his trial over an alleged road-rage incident with a taxi driver.

Smiling and looking relaxed, the 43-year-old was accompanied by his legal team for the day-long hearing at Manchester Magistrates' Court, with press and TV cameramen awaiting his arrival outside court.

Keane is said to have behaved aggressively towards taxi driver Fateh Kerar, 44, near traffic lights in Ashley Road, Altrincham, on Jan. 30.